Visitor stats for NARUpdates. We peaked at 413 visits on 11/14.

For the most part, a tight group of real estate bloggers were simply talking amongst ourselves. That’s not a bad thing, nor is it unusual. If you haven’t realized that the same core group is on Facebook, ActiveRain, Twitter and other social networks, then you haven’t been doing this long enought.

Organic searches are still finding the site, so it will be moderately interesting to see how much traffic that continues to drive when the writing here officially ends. I’m guessing this will be the last post. 

This was a fun test of Utterz and Twitter. I’ll be doing it again for Real Estate Connect in New York. Let me know if you want to join the party.

Special thanks to Daniel Rothamel for his great updates.

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My thoughts at the end of day 3. Highs- Blogging Q&A. Lows- Walter Sanford.

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Today, I am going to try and “be remarkable.” I know this isn’t exactly what Seth Godin had in mind, but we’ll see how it goes. . .
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John Novak wanted me to show a few folks how Utterz.com worked. He chose Laura Monroe and I’m really glad he did. Laura runs Creative Agent Solutions, and she does an excellent job of explaining the positive benefits of hiring a virtual assistant.

Visit: http://www.creative agentsolutions.com

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One Way To Reduce Travel Expenses

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If the budget is tight, as you can imagine it would be with Luxe Lofts, then one way to keep the expenses low is to simply not man your booth. It’s brilliant. The booth becomes a highly targeted billboard.

Except these guys are in Las Vegas.

This photo was meant to go with a light hearted and extremely entertaining commentary by Pete Flint, CEO of Trulia and Joel Burslem from Inman News and The Future Of Real Estate Marketing. But it is nowhere to be found on the Utterz backend. So, the least I can do is give them a larger photo. If the sound shows up later… I’ll attempt to repost.

Here was the gist… the analogy that Pete used (that Joel usurped on the audio) was “people seem to be holding the pieces of a puzzle and are trying to make it all fit, but they don’t have the box top the puzzle came in to use as a guide.”

I was very impressed with Mike Ela, the President and Founder of HomeSmart Reports. He comments on the differences between HouseSmart Reports and other AVM models, like a Zestimate. I think the interview speaks for itself, and certainly give you some insight into the thinking behind his product. Visit: http://www.homesmartreports.com

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Well done mapping/search mashup of property and community data. This is a conversation with their CTO, Chris Latko. Also has a nice .mobi interface. Visit PropertyMaps.com: http://www.propertymaps.com/blog/

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I just loved the story of how this website got started. Devon Wheeldon (pictured) started the company with her father. Visit The Ranch Broker Network: http://ranchbrokernetwork.net/index.html
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Andy Kaufman give his take on NAR from afar.

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